Nadia Fezzani

Nadia Fezzani is a Canadian journalist/author who has conducted extensive research and interviews with many notorious American serial killers.[1] She is known in Europe as having interviewed American serial killer Richard Cottingham for a French documentary that first aired on TF1, Enquêtes et révélations.[2] The first person to interview Cottingham in 30 years, Fezzani got him to admit his culpability for the first time, as well as many more murders. She is also part of [3]November 84, a documentary on children's disappearance.

She wrote a book in French, Mes Tueurs en Série, which was a Best-Seller in 2014. Through interviews with Serial Killers and professionals (profilers, criminologists, neurologists, etc.), we discover how someone becomes a Serial Killer, what triggers them and what could have been done to prevent such behavior.[4] The title of the English edition is Through the Eyes of Serial Killers: Interviews with Seven Murderers and was published by Dundurn Press in March 2015.[5]

More recently, she published a book on real life superheroes, Mission Superhéros,[6] where she patrolled with those individuals who dress up at night and fight crime. She brings us into their universe, on patrol and provides insights into their psyche through interviews.

As a specialist on serial killers, Ms. Fezzani has given conferences on the topic to university students and to different organizations. She has also worked with production companies on TV documentaries.[7] She is the writer of best seller [8]Mes tueurs en série (2011).[9] The English edition Through the Eyes of Serial Killers: Interviews with Seven Murderers,[10] with a preface by Dr. Eric Hickey, contains chapters on Arthur Shawcross, Keith Jesperson, Gary Grant, Joel Rifkin, Richard Cottingham, Jack Trawick and Patrick Kearney.